LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Roy Hattersley on Toxteth and Southall riots

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:08

Description

Commons speech by shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley on the weekend’s riots in Toxteth and Southall, which he states are both decaying and deprived inner city areas with high levels of youth unemployment for which the Government is largely responsible.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley

Keywords

London; Social problems; Housing; Liverpool; Violence; Social services; Southall; Riots; Toxteth; Unemployed youth; Urban areas; Youth unemployment; Deprivation

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